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Proverbs 30:14

there is a generation whose teeth are swords

and whose jaws are knives,

devouring the oppressed from the earth

and the needy from among men.

Proverbs 30:14 BSB

Proverbs 30:14 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 57:4 (12 votes) and Psalm 3:7 (11 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Deuteronomy 27 to Revelation 9.

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Which verses does Proverbs 30:14 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 57:412 votes

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

  2. Psalm 3:711 votes

    Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

  3. Psalm 14:47 votes

    Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

  4. Job 29:176 votes

    I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

  5. Psalm 12:54 votes

    “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

  6. Psalm 58:64 votes

    O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

  7. Ecclesiastes 4:14 votes

    Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

  8. Amos 8:44 votes

    Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

  9. Revelation 9:84 votes

    They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

  10. Psalm 10:8–93 votes

    He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

  11. Micah 2:1–23 votes
  12. Psalm 52:22 votes
  13. Proverbs 12:182 votes
  14. Proverbs 22:162 votes
  15. Proverbs 28:32 votes

    A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

  16. Isaiah 32:72 votes
  17. Daniel 7:5–72 votes
  18. Amos 2:72 votes
  19. Amos 4:12 votes
  20. Micah 3:1–52 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 30:14?

The 10 strongest of 16.